The 4th Annual Indoor Christmas Tree Walk Plans are well underway for the 2019 Indoor Christmas Tree Walk, scheduled to open the evening of November 25 and display through year-end. The tree walk will be inside the Roseau County Museum located in the Roseau City Center where it is warm and toasty so you can […]
Votes for Women, Ja! program
On October 26 at 1:30 pm the Roseau County Historical Society and Museum presents Jane Skinner Peck in: Votes for Women, Ja! a one-woman theatrical presentation and lecture tracing the pivotal contributions of Nordic immigrant suffragists to voting rights in Minnesota. Presenter Jane Peck is a choreographer, historian, writer, and professor. Her own female Norwegian […]
A Century of Civic Engagement Traveling Exhibit Opens
A Century of Civic Engagement: The League of Women Voters Minnesota The Minnesota Legislature finally voted YES on September 8, 1919, to ratify the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, granting women the right to vote and ending the 72-year struggle for woman suffrage. But as distinguished Minnesota suffragist Clara Ueland said that day, “Today […]
Indoor Christmas Tree Walk
Another great success for the second annual tree walk. It is always fun to see how each tree is uniquely decorated. We invite county organizations, groups, and businesses to decorate a tree for the tree walk. The museum has trees and lights available. All decorations are provided by the group. Visitors place money in boxes at […]
Innovators, Inventors and Entrepreneurs Exhibit
Visit the Innovators, Inventors and Entrepreneurs Exhibit in Minnesota’s Northwest at RCHS. This is a traveling exhibit created by the Minnesota Historic Northwest, which is a partnership of museums located in a 12 county region in Northwest Minnesota, including Roseau County. This exhibit is coming to Roseau County Museum in 2016 and tells the story […]